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Martin Tomko
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Understanding and supporting people in their spatial interactions through computational #spatial #data #science #giscience #melbourne πŸ›ΆπŸš΅β€β™‚οΈπŸ₯ΎπŸŠβ€β™‚οΈπŸ•
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Martin Tomko @dinomirmt.bsky.social Β· Dec 2
Need to identify semantic regions on 2.5D terrain? Read our "LMSeg: an end-to-end geometric message-passing network on barycentric dual graphs for large-scale landscape mesh segmentation" #mesh #segmentation #terrain #3D #culturalheritage #giscience doi.org/10.1080/1548...
LMSeg: an end-to-end geometric message-passing network on barycentric dualgraphs for large-scale landscape mesh segmentation
Semantic segmentation of large-scale 3D landscape meshes is critical for geospatial analysis in complex environments, yet existing approaches face persistent challenges of scalability, end-to-end t...
doi.org

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social Β· 1d
It will always be "Struppi!" in my head!

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jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social Β· 3d
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβ€”because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com

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honeybakedsam.bsky.social @honeybakedsam.bsky.social Β· 4d
Times article has an incredible illustration
Diagram of a skier jumping with the extra crotch material highlighted, and then a diagram below showing that an extra 2cm in suit circumference can help the skier get an extra car length on their jump

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Matthew Bunn, Brigitte Nerlich , and 23 more

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Alex Ip θ‘‰ζΈ…ιœ– @alexip718.com Β· 5d
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

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Jenny Sinclair @jsresearchpro.bsky.social Β· 6d
Australia: study finds that public agencies are exerting control over research outputs in return for access (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Public agencies β€˜are editing and suppressing research findings’ - Research Professional News
Australian agencies’ control over outputs β€œis a threat to research integrity”, experts warn
www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social Β· 8d
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Β· 10d
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Martin Tomko, Goldie Blumenstyk

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social Β· 11d
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump admin this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere… A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump’s 2024 election. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
The Trump administration awarded $500 million in contracts for Venezuelan oil sales to two firms with a history of bribery and corruption.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social Β· 11d
To help further finding alternatives to big US platforms, and ideally open source such, the "Digital Independence Day" network was founded in Germany

Each 1st Sunday in the month, there are local gatherings

Map of events
termine.di.day

Article on this further down in this post, from @ccc.de

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com Β· 11d
A year ago I wrote about a ballerina fighting for European Georgia. Today, Georgians are still protesting and young people are still in prison, held as political hostages by a regime desperate for legitimacy. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺ
A ballerina battles for European Georgia
Not only did Natia Bunturi have to abandon her comfort to protect her values but she was also punished for standing up for her rights.
globalvoices.org

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social Β· 11d
A bomb is thrown into a crowd at a First Nations Invasion Day rally, and the silence is deafening. If this had happened to almost anyone else, there would be wall-to-wall media coverage, emergency press conferences, and calls for new laws.

Reposted by Martin Tomko

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L'Europeista @leuropeista.bsky.social Β· 12d
βš οΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺ Repression is escalating in Georgia.
Georgian Dream is now targeting families of political prisoners, widening the scope of intimidation and pressure.
Read the article by Elene Mikanadze:
www.leuropeista.it/en/repressio...

#Georgia
Georgian Dream and the repression of families of political prisoners in Georgia
Families of political prisoners Georgia: how Georgian Dream uses repression, fines and intimidation to target relatives of detainees.
www.leuropeista.it

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social Β· 12d
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
Cumulative US measles cases As of January 27, there have been more cases than there were by the same week last year. Fairly horizontal lines for 2023 and 2024, a steep diagonal line for 2025, and a vertical line for ytd 2026. 2026 478 cases 2025 2253 cases 2024 283 cases 2023 63 cases Note: Data updated on January 27, 2026, at 3 p.m. ET. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Johns Hopkins University, Center for Outbreak Response Innovation Graphic: Alex Leeds Matthews and Matt Stiles, CNN

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social Β· 12d
In videos posted on social media, one employee can be heard saying: β€œThis is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” The agent responds, β€œIf you touch me, I’ll grab you.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social Β· 13d
Renmark in South Australia reached 49.6C and had 67km/h wind gusts.

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Martin Tomko

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Β· 14d
This photo, passed on by a friend, was taken in Denmark. It prompts me to resurrect the #extremecivilisation hashtag, used to describe the manufacture of things no one needs.
What are these?
Snowball makers.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social Β· 14d
The 19th century Struve Geodetic Arc is, to me, one of the most extraordinary properties on the World Heritage List. It crosses 10 countries and was used to determine the size and shape of the world. πŸ§ͺ 🏺 #ContemporaryArchaeology
Struve Geodetic Arc
The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816...
whc.unesco.org

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Amy Landers @amylanders.bsky.social Β· 14d
New paper- LLMs allow verbatim extraction of copyrighted works. "For Claude 3.7 Sonnet, we were able to extract four whole books near-verbatim, including two books under
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
arxiv.org

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk Β· 15d
Why will a winter storm and severe cold weather outbreak across North America affect the weather in the UK this week?

Find out all about it in this short video πŸ‘‡

Reposted by Martin Tomko, Scott A. Imberman, James Goodwin , and 3 more

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Β· 16d
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.

Reposted by Stephen R. Carpenter, Brian J. Enquist, Monica G. Turner , and 17 more

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social Β· 16d
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Julie L. Lockwood, Martin Tomko , and 1 more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Β· 17d
Those cuts to science, culture, medicine? They aren't just about research, they are about power.
Episode Three of Autocracy in America:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.
www.theatlantic.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Β· 17d
Here’s a very readable new book with an unusual potential to make an impact on the conversation about better cities β€” β€œLife After Cars: Freeing Outselves for the Tyranny of the Automobile” by @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social from @thewaroncars.bsky.social 8/
Photo of the book cover. #UtbanismBookClub

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social Β· 18d
Climate change made Australian heatwave 5x more likely as scientists warn once extreme weather is "becoming the norm" 🧡

ow.ly/NqII50Y17KE

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com Β· 18d
Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes β€” those are among the inaugural members of the US president’s rival to the UN, which he is expected to unveil at Davos. ft.trib.al/acCThWH

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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au Β· 18d
We’ve entered global water bankruptcy, a UN report says.

Yet fracking companies want to crack open the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin, and APA @insideapa.bsky.social is helping them do it – despite the huge water demand and contamination risks of fracking. #auspol
Era of β€˜global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert
www.theguardian.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me Β· 18d
Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.

When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
"But also I feel like Christians should be the first people to fight for this," Ben interjected, as Sam nodded. "What have we been taught our entire life? Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked. This is basic, basic stuff. Christians have always been people who are supposed to be there for the marginalized, the people that are being hurt by systems, the people that don't have a voice."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Β· 19d
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social Β· 20d
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"

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Ukrainska Pravda πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @pravda.ua Β· 20d
πŸ‡«πŸ‡· French President Emmanuel Macron has said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the United States "seeks to weaken Europe" and urged Europeans "not to accept the law of the strongest".
πŸ“Έ: GettyImages